Yesterday, GDPS unilaterally filed a petition to PERB requesting to declare an impasse on our negotiations. 

AMU disagrees we are at impasse at this time for the following reasons:

1.) GD has not made it clear where they stand. 

The GD negotiations team never made a counter proposal to our offer and have since refused to bargain. We can not confidently state we are at an impasse if we do not even know where GD stands on their proposals. Even worse, GD's petition to PERB also mentions that AMU did not make any "concessions" in our last proposal, signifying that GD is seeking to benefit themselves at the further expense of our membership. The only way to determine if an impasse exists, GD will need to make an actual proposal so we can understand what it is they are seeking. 

2.) Impasse is a path to a strike. 

In her las video, Cristina is portraying impasse as the quickest path to a resolution, but without any guarantees and without even attempting to bargain with us. We want you all to know that we are making good on our promise to membership to try to avoid a strike, and in fact, we believe this is declaring impasse now is premature and a dangerous path for our membership because without an agreement in mediation, the parties could quickly move towards Fact Finding and then impose on AMU to accept GD's "last, best, and final offer" (LBFO), or strike.

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